James Lloyd
@jamesalloyd.bsky.social
I don't want to be a pie, I don't like gravey
Manchester via the paradise peninsula
(He/him)
Manchester via the paradise peninsula
(He/him)
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instead of lashing out at "coups" and "plots" by Burnham, Streeting etc, have Team Starmer considered just... being less shit at governing?
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
instead of lashing out at "coups" and "plots" by Burnham, Streeting etc, have Team Starmer considered just... being less shit at governing?
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[me telling my story how I successfully led a commando raid on a cargo ship that was breaking sanctions] it was crazy
[friend who once got a text from me where I accidentally called the grinch the grink] was it onboard the grink?
[friend who once got a text from me where I accidentally called the grinch the grink] was it onboard the grink?
French Navy intercepts shadow fleet tanker Grinch in the Mediterranean.
January 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
[me telling my story how I successfully led a commando raid on a cargo ship that was breaking sanctions] it was crazy
[friend who once got a text from me where I accidentally called the grinch the grink] was it onboard the grink?
[friend who once got a text from me where I accidentally called the grinch the grink] was it onboard the grink?
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Iceland at Davos
January 21, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Iceland at Davos
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It is very funny that at this point the main thing preventing however many years of Labour hegemony is Blue Labour psychosis based around wanting their voters to be people who have not existed since the 1970s
Carney is a neoliberal centrist who operates under the constraints of getting elected in Canada; the problem with Starmer is partly that he doesn't have a comparable economic philosophy but also that he doesn't seem to want to get elected in Britain.
January 21, 2026 at 12:48 AM
It is very funny that at this point the main thing preventing however many years of Labour hegemony is Blue Labour psychosis based around wanting their voters to be people who have not existed since the 1970s
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One of the funny* things about the Jenrick defection is his articles basically amount to "Reheated Thatcherism and bungs to pensioners have broken Britain, and that's why I'm joining the Reheated Thatcherism and Bungs to Pensioners Party".
Don't know if this sort of rhetoric has caught up with the fact that Reform's base are the most dependent on welfare of any party's
January 21, 2026 at 10:14 AM
One of the funny* things about the Jenrick defection is his articles basically amount to "Reheated Thatcherism and bungs to pensioners have broken Britain, and that's why I'm joining the Reheated Thatcherism and Bungs to Pensioners Party".
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(2016)
(Portal opens)
Me: mark carney, governer of the Bank of England, what are you doing
Carney: America’s haunted
Me: what
Mark carney: (grabbing a gun and jumping back through the portal) America’s haunted
(Portal opens)
Me: mark carney, governer of the Bank of England, what are you doing
Carney: America’s haunted
Me: what
Mark carney: (grabbing a gun and jumping back through the portal) America’s haunted
January 20, 2026 at 10:45 PM
(2016)
(Portal opens)
Me: mark carney, governer of the Bank of England, what are you doing
Carney: America’s haunted
Me: what
Mark carney: (grabbing a gun and jumping back through the portal) America’s haunted
(Portal opens)
Me: mark carney, governer of the Bank of England, what are you doing
Carney: America’s haunted
Me: what
Mark carney: (grabbing a gun and jumping back through the portal) America’s haunted
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coalition of the will you shut the fuck up
January 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM
coalition of the will you shut the fuck up
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was briefly so excited reading this until I realised he meant Davos
January 20, 2026 at 8:11 PM
was briefly so excited reading this until I realised he meant Davos
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The thing with start-ups is that 90% of them go bust but that doesn't fundamentally matter because it is the investors who get hosed. If your school/hospital/benefit system gets fucked, no one steps into replace it.
Lol this is insane. The civil service is not a startup. It is the opposite of startup. And this is not what agile is.
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The thing with start-ups is that 90% of them go bust but that doesn't fundamentally matter because it is the investors who get hosed. If your school/hospital/benefit system gets fucked, no one steps into replace it.
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Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
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Tell you what. Not a great time to be a mid-sized nation going it alone
January 20, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Tell you what. Not a great time to be a mid-sized nation going it alone
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Next time, try:
Do you want to see a lethal injection in Piccadilly?
Want to call that raggedy-ass Trump your king?
You want your children to sing the "Stars and Stripes?"
Do you want to see a lethal injection in Piccadilly?
Want to call that raggedy-ass Trump your king?
You want your children to sing the "Stars and Stripes?"
Gary Gibbon, "You say Trump remains an ally, a lot of people will look at Trump's behaviour and say he isn't behaving like an ally"
Keir Starmer, "We must never lose sight of the fact that on defence and security we work very closely with the US. It is in our national interest to do so"
Keir Starmer, "We must never lose sight of the fact that on defence and security we work very closely with the US. It is in our national interest to do so"
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Next time, try:
Do you want to see a lethal injection in Piccadilly?
Want to call that raggedy-ass Trump your king?
You want your children to sing the "Stars and Stripes?"
Do you want to see a lethal injection in Piccadilly?
Want to call that raggedy-ass Trump your king?
You want your children to sing the "Stars and Stripes?"
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@vienna_official
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
as a black comedy, someone should write a version of WWI leadup that has social media. Don't bother about incongruity of fitting 21st century social media tech into early 1900s. Just imagine what it would have been like
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
@vienna_official
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
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Honetsuki Juju, a man with a chicken leg for a head and who carries a turtle around, is the mascot of Marugame City.
January 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Honetsuki Juju, a man with a chicken leg for a head and who carries a turtle around, is the mascot of Marugame City.
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So how much do you think our defence spending should increase by?
When we said NATO wasn't working we were derided.
When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.
The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.
It's time for a rethink.
When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.
The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.
It's time for a rethink.
January 18, 2026 at 10:34 AM
So how much do you think our defence spending should increase by?
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This language is still a bit bleh but it’s still very funny that *Kemi Badenoch* has better instincts on Trump threatening to annex a *different country* than Pierre Poilievre managed with Trump threatening to annex the one he was running to lead
January 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
This language is still a bit bleh but it’s still very funny that *Kemi Badenoch* has better instincts on Trump threatening to annex a *different country* than Pierre Poilievre managed with Trump threatening to annex the one he was running to lead
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Plenty of writers will glorify Rodgers' career or say he was complicated. I'm here to balance that out by simply being a hater
www.thedrawplay.com/comic/the-aa...
www.thedrawplay.com/comic/the-aa...
January 16, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Plenty of writers will glorify Rodgers' career or say he was complicated. I'm here to balance that out by simply being a hater
www.thedrawplay.com/comic/the-aa...
www.thedrawplay.com/comic/the-aa...
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howling at this utter indictment of the rest who were there!
January 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM
howling at this utter indictment of the rest who were there!
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the professional managerial class beat the Nazis and I’m tired of pretending we didn’t
January 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
the professional managerial class beat the Nazis and I’m tired of pretending we didn’t
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Incredible piece of Search Engine Optimisation
January 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Incredible piece of Search Engine Optimisation
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UK blueskier 90% of the time: It's cold and it's mean spirited and I don't like it here anymore.
Uk Blueskier when an american lib UK posts:
🎵 Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Uk Blueskier when an american lib UK posts:
🎵 Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
January 16, 2026 at 9:02 AM
UK blueskier 90% of the time: It's cold and it's mean spirited and I don't like it here anymore.
Uk Blueskier when an american lib UK posts:
🎵 Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Uk Blueskier when an american lib UK posts:
🎵 Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
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I know most Americans aren’t like this (perceptions of the UK as a whole are very positive) but unfortunately all the ones that are like this are on Blue Sky Dot Com.
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
I know most Americans aren’t like this (perceptions of the UK as a whole are very positive) but unfortunately all the ones that are like this are on Blue Sky Dot Com.
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We have an ageing population, struggling public services, and climate change. People might want low taxes, no migrants and cheaper energy, but they also don't want to lie in a hospital corridor for hours or have their house flooded. You can win elections with magic thinking but can't govern with it.
January 16, 2026 at 8:06 AM
We have an ageing population, struggling public services, and climate change. People might want low taxes, no migrants and cheaper energy, but they also don't want to lie in a hospital corridor for hours or have their house flooded. You can win elections with magic thinking but can't govern with it.